The impacts of tourism investment on rural communities: Three case studies in South Africa

Karin Mahony and Jurgens Van Zyl

Development Southern Africa, 2002, vol. 19, issue 1, 83-103

Abstract: Significant research, both locally and internationally, has been undertaken on tourism development and its impacts on the empowerment of rural communities. This article analyses the extent to which three tourism projects in South Africa, namely the Makuleke tourism initiative, Umngazi River Bungalows and the commercialisation of Manyeleti Game Reserve, have improved the livelihoods of rural communities and contributed to rural economic development. The projects are analysed in terms of both their economic and non-economic benefits, as well as their contribution towards the attainment of certain key policy objectives of the South African government.

Date: 2002
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